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[Christmas Worship Service Program, 2003]
No full textProgram for the Perkins Christmas Worship service in 2003
An Cao Interview
No full textAn Cao (Class of 2023) was interviewed by Sabrina Simien via the Zoom internet-based video conferencing software. Ms. Cao was born on May 6th, 2001, in Richardson, Texas, where she was raised by her parents alongside her sisters. After attending high school, Ms. Cao enrolled at SMU in 2019 to earn her Bachelor's of Business Administration in Marketing with minors in Economics and Advertising. While at SMU, Ms. Cao participated in the Vietnamese Student Association, the Asian Council, and the CASE Consulting Club. During her interview, she discussed her upbringing, her culture, her experiences on campus, and her future life plans. Once she graduates, Ms. Cao plans to begin working at West Monroe
[John Wesley to John (or Alexander) Knox, 1765 July 20]
No full textDublin
July 20, 1765
Dear Sir,
Mr. [John] Johnson gives me a pleasing account of the state of things in Derry. The affection I have for the people there makes me rejoice in their prosperity. I should have been glad, had it been in my power, to have seen them once more before I left the kingdom. But as that cannot be, I am content, hoping the time will come when I shall spend a few more days with you, and that in the meantime Mrs. Knox and you and the rest of my friends will be making the best of a short life, using all the grace you have already received and waiting for the whole salvation of God.
The congregations which attend this foolishness of preaching, Mr. Johnson informs me, are still large. But what will they do as the winter approaches? Perhaps it would be well to consider this now. Tis pity, but a convenient house could be built before the end of the summer. This might be done, while so many people are well inclined, more easily than it could be afterward. It must be expected that the love of many who are now warm in affection will by and by grow cold. It would therefore be well if a convenient piece of ground can be procured to begin without delay.
I am much obliged to Mrs. Knox and you for your open and friendly behaviour, while I had the pleasure of staying with you, as well as for your helping me forward on my journey. I trust your love will not grow cold, nor your desire to make the best of a few days. You see the way: humbly to walk by faith with God, to believe, love, obey, having received power from on high to walk in all the commandments and ordinances of God blameless. May you both be steadfast and immovable therein! I am, dear sir,
Your affectionate servant,
John WesleyLetter from John Wesley to the father of Alexander Knox. This letter is one of fifty in a bound volume; the remaining forty-nine letters are addressed to Alexander or Aleck, the son.This letter is clearly to the father of Alexander Knox (1757-1831), of Londonderry, being the first in a bound collection passed down in the family where the remainder are to the son. This makes the address to ''John Knox'' a bit puzzling, since reliable sources like Crookshank (Ireland, 180) report that the father's name was also Alexander (d. 1774). Either those sources are incorrect or JW had a temporary lapse of memory, substituting the name of the famous Scottish reformer. (source: Dr. Randy L. Maddox
[John Wesley to Alexander Knox, 1789 April 11]
No full textDublin
April 11, 1789
My Dear Alleck,
You see in the public papers that I shall be with you (if God permit) on the 30th of the next month. If I should be called to go a longer journey before that time, I hope you would be able to say, ‘Good is the will of the Lord.’ Every time we meet it is less and less probable that we should meet again in this world. But it is enough, if we are ‘counted worthy to obtain that world and the resurrection of the dead’.
O let my dear Sally Knox think of this! For we know not how soon she may be called! Certainly I love her dearly; and shall be glad to meet her at our Lord’s right hand.
Peace be with all your spirits! I am, my dear Alleck,
Yours most affectionately,
J. WesleyLetter from John Wesley to Alexander Knox. This letter is one of fifty in a bound volume
[John Wesley to Alexander Knox, 1778 July 11]
No full textKilrea
June 5, 1778
My Dear Alleck,
I advise you:
1. Never sit up later than 10:00.
2. Never rise later than 6:00.
3. Walk at least an hour daily in the open air; if it rains all day, in the dining room.
4. Choose such diet, both for quantity and quality, as you find sits light upon your stomach. In general, both mutton and beef are easier of digestion than lamb or kid, and yield better nourishment than veal or chicken.
5. Eat as much spinach, cresses, and summer fruits as agrees best with your stomach.
6. Take your little purge once a month till Michaelmass, then twice a month till Christmas.
7. Spend the first hour in the morning and from 5:00 to 6:00 in the evening in private prayer and reading the Scriptures in order, with the Notes and any other closely practical book.
8. Spend some time afterwards in the morning in reading Bishop Pearson, or any other book of divinity. And spend more or less time in the afternoon in reading history, poetry, or philosophy.
9. Trust in God! Resist every distrustful thought the moment it is injected. God is on your side. Believe not the old murderer who tells you the contrary.
Write all your mind to me from time to time. I hope you will all find a blessing when you meet on Sunday.
Peace be with all your spirits! I am
Yours most affectionately,
J. WesleyLetter from John Wesley to Alexander Knox. This letter is one of fifty in a bound volume
[John Wesley to Alexander Knox, 1779 June 4]
No full textAberdeen
June 4, 1779
Dear Alleck,
As soon as Mrs. Stewart came to Bristol, she wrote to me herself. And so did Mr. [John] Abraham too, requesting that he might spend some time at Kingswood. I sent him word he was welcome so to do. But since then I have heard nothing from one or the other. I wanted to know whether he is returned to Londonderry or not? And if he is, how he is in mind, and what he does? He is an exceeding good man—but totally unqualified for a public preacher.
Steadily attend to that business whereto you are called by the providence of God, and you need not doubt he will give you such a measure of bodily health as is most expedient for you.
Till I received yours, I did not hear one word of brother [James] Gaffney’s death or illness. I thought he had been as healthy, and as likely to live, as any preacher in the north of Ireland.
If I should ever set up a printing press of my own, I shall reprint several volumes of the Christian Library.
Peace be with you all! I am, dear Alleck,
Yours affectionately,
J. WesleyLetter from John Wesley to Alexander Knox. This letter is one of fifty in a bound volume
[John Wesley to Alexander Knox, 1777 October 22]
No full textnear Oxford
October 22, 1777
Dear Alleck,
If I can serve my friend, it is enough. Mr. [John] Fletcher exactly describes your case. You are not yet a child of God; you have not ‘received the spirit of adoption’. But you are a servant of God. You have ‘received the spirit of fear’, and in a measure work righteousness. Without being pained for what you have not, you have cause to bless God for what you have; and to wait patiently till he gives the rest by revealing his Son in your heart.
For all this, I have little doubt of seeing you an healthy, as well as an happy, man. But it is true, nothing less than Almighty power can heal either your soul or body. And is not this enough? Have not you reason to rejoice, that ‘salvation cometh of the Lord’? I pray, on whom can you better depend? Who loves you better than him? Away then with despair! Hope unto the end! To him I commend you all, and am, dear Alleck,
Yours most affectionately,
J. WesleyLetter from John Wesley to Alexander Knox. This letter is one of fifty in a bound volume
[John Wesley to Alexander Knox, 1778 December 20]
No full textLondon
December 20, 1778
Dear Alleck,
It is beyond doubt that the scurvy is one part, if not the chief part, of your disorder. And I do not know that you can take a better method to remove it than that which you now take. I do not want that eruption to strike in. Probably the pellitory strikes it out. And it is not unlikely it may gradually die away, without any particular application.
The great lesson you have to learn at present is to take no thought for the morrow. God gives you tolerable health today. The morrow shall take thought for the things of itself.
I suppose the story that gentleman tells of Mr. [John] Abraham is literally true. He has very little understanding and no prudence. And the worst circumstance is, he can take no advice. He hears it with great composure, and does just as he did before. Was this his character formerly? Was he always a little shatter-brained? If he was, I would not keep him upon any terms. I wrote to his mother some time since, as I could not persuade him to write. Mrs. Stewart answered me, to whom I have wrote today.
Mercy and peace be with you all! I am, dear Alleck,
Yours most affectionately,
J. WesleyLetter from John Wesley to Alexander Knox. This letter is one of fifty in a bound volume
[John Wesley to Alexander Knox, 1781 September 3]
No full textTiverton
September 3, 1781
Dear Alleck,
Almost ever since I received yours I have been in perpetual motion, travelling from Yorkshire to London, from London to Bristol, and thence through the west of England. Otherwise I should not have delayed writing so long, lest you should imagine I was regardless of you. And that will never be. I shall always love you, both for your own, and for your family’s sake.
I had not any thought of your paying me anything, except love. Yet for fear of grieving you, I will, if I live to see London again, call upon Mr. Harvey —upon condition that you will let me know if you want ten or twenty guineas at any time, whether you repay me or not.
One circumstance in the manner of God’s dealing with men is exceeding comfortable. Namely, that he often works the greatest changes in our souls (perhaps bodies, too) in the twinkling of an eye. He says still, ‘Let there be light’ and there is light! Yea, when it is least of all expected. What if it should be so with my dear Mrs. Knox, or you? Or both of you together? And if so, why may it not be today? Now is the day of salvation! Does he not delight to work like himself? That is in such a way as it had not entered into your hearts to conceive!
I do not despair of seeing you in Ireland again. But God’s time is the best time.
Peace be with all your spirits! I am, dear Alleck,
Your affectionate friend and brother,
J. WesleyLetter from John Wesley to Alexander Knox. This letter is one of fifty in a bound volume
Ruchi Ranganathan Interview
No full textRuchi Ranganathan (Class of 2023) was interviewed by Sabrina Simien in the Norwick Center for Digital Solutions at Southern Methodist University on May 1, 2023. Ms. Ranganathan was born in Plano, Texas, before moving to San Francisco, California, with her father, mother, and little sister. After moving back to Plano for high school, she graduated in 2021 and enrolled at SMU to earn her Bachelor's degree in Statistical Science with a minor in History. The credits she earned through her AP classes in high school allowed her to complete her degree in just two years. While at SMU, Ms. Ranganathan participated in the Voices of SMU research project as an undergraduate research assistant, the Computer Science Club, served as the logistical chair for the Asian Council, and was the Statistical Science representative for the Dedman College Student Advisory Board. During her interview, she discussed her upbringing, her experiences on campus, her professors, and her future life plans. Once she graduates, Ms. Ranganathan plans to continue her education by going to law school at the University of Michigan after taking a gap year in which she plans to serve as a consultant for EY